Jacob Toliver
of Alleghany County, NC

Jacob Toliver, son of
Starling TOLIVER & Millie Ann SPURLIN, was born Feb. 17,
1831, in Ashe Co., NC, and died July 22, 1887, in Alleghany Co.,
NC. He married (1) Matilda Higgins, daughter of Hiram
HIGGINS & Mary WILLIS, Oct. 1, 1851, in Ashe Co., NC. She was
born Jan. 21, 1829, in Ashe Co., NC, and died Sept. 23, 1909, in
Alleghany Co., NC. They apparently divorced between 1880-1882. He
married (2) Caroline
Cheek, daughter of
Richard M. CHEEK & Frances CROUSE, Apr. 4, 1882, in
Alleghany Co., NC. She was born June 6, 1849, Ashe Co., NC, and
died Dec. 24, 1927, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was the widow of
Daniel HIGGINS who died in 1877. Matilda Higgins Toliver is buried at the Crab Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Alleghany Co., NC. Caroline Toliver is buried at the John Higgins Cemetery in Ennice, NC. The location of Jacob Toliver's grave is unknown.

Notes

acob Toliver was the oldest son of Starling and
Millie Ann (Spurlin) Toliver of Ashe/Alleghany County, NC. His
birthdate, Feb. 17, 1831, is recorded on the 2nd page of the Jesse Toliver family
Bible. Jacob Toliver married his first wife, Matilda Higgins,
in 1851, and they had five children. They seem to have divorced sometime
between 1880 (when they appear in the census) and 1882, when Jacob married his second wife, Caroline Cheek. On Nov. 5, 1881,
Jacob Toliver deeded 80 acres of land to Matilda Toliver; this
may have been part of a divorce settlement. Matilda is listed in
the 1900 census in Alleghany County with her son John H. Toliver,
and she died in 1909.

Civil War: Jacob TOLIVER was a musician in Company K,
37th North Carolina Infantry Native Reserves of Alleghany Co.,
where he enlisted on Sept. 15, 1861, age 30. He was promoted to
drummer on Mar. 1, 1862. Deserted on May 2, 1862, reduced to
ranks. Re-enlisted in Burke Co., NC, on Dec. 5, 1863, and served
in Co. C, McRae's NC Cavalry Battalion. Taken POW at
Wilderness on May 6, 1864, sent to Point Lookout, MD, then to
Elmira, NY by July 23, 1864. Exchanged at Venus Point, Savannah
River, GA on Nov. 15, 1864. AWOL on Jan. 28, 1865. (Source:
"Ashe and Alleghany County in the Civil War" by Jeff
Weaver.)